#ajax (155 links)
- Blogger - Can I get in please? - The Web Standards Project webstandards.org
How Blogger blocks users from getting past the front door when the browser is JavaScript-capable but is sitting behind script blocking firewalls - and how it’s not alone in making this mistake.
- Zimbra offers Open Source email server software and shared calendar for Linux and the Mac zimbra.com
Open source messaging and collaboration
"Trenton Moss wrote up his thoughts on the future of accessibility (via Accessibility Blog), and the general accessibility implications of some new technologies. The points in the main section of the article are good, but I don’t think they provide suff
- The future of web accessibility webcredible.co.uk
It's been seven years since the W3C released the first version of the web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG 1.0). Since then, accessibility has slowly but surely turned up on the radar of web managers in most large organisations.
- MozLab - Trac dev.hyperstruct.net
A suite of tools and libraries that help make your life easier and your time more productive as a developer of AJAX and Mozilla applications.
- OpenAjax Alliance openajax.org
The OpenAjax Alliance is an organization of leading vendors, open source projects, and companies using Ajax that are dedicated to the successful adoption of open and interoperable Ajax-based Web technologies.
Image clustering, a technique that allows you to create a single image comprising the set of all images used by your Web application. You can then use CSS to display only that portion of the image you're interested in
Records the position of every click on a page, building up a virtual heat map of visitor activity. It also provides user behaviour analysis, segmentation and tracking.
- Bold Moves : Homepage fordboldmoves.com
"A weekly updated video documentary series that takes you inside Ford..." Where's the graceful degradation, eh?
- Aptana: The Web IDE aptana.com
A robust, JavaScript-focused IDE for building dynamic web applications.
- ClickTale :: Because every user has a story clicktale.com
Watch movies of how users interact with your website. Gain valuable insights to maximize usability
Allows JavaScript to check if accessibility features exist on the user’s computer by using a hidden (1 pixel x 1 pixel) Flash application.
- DOM Scripting: FlashAid domscripting.com
Some way to make use of Flash to detect a screen reader and pass on that information to JavaScript.
- [brothercake] LoJAX brothercake.com
A re-creation of the window.XMLHttpRequest object, designed for low-specification and legacy browsers.
- 15 Days Of jQuery 15daysofjquery.com
If your project calls for AJAX or DOM scripting and you need it done quickly, with minimal fuss, and you believe in keeping things simple, then jQuery might be perfect for you.
A JavaScript class (Base.js) that I hope eases the pain of JavaScript OO. It’s a simple class and extends the Object object by adding two instance methods and one class method.
AJAX and its kin are empowering developers, but with great power comes great responsibility.
The key is to use scripting to add value for those who can take advantage of it without causing problems for those who, for whatever reason, cannot.
- James Mc Parlane's Blog - June 6th Is JavaScript 'Array' and 'Object.prototype' Awareness Day blog.metawrap.com · Archived on
We have to lay down some ground rules or JavaScript is going bring some serious issues to the next generation of 'Internet Applications'.
- XV: X Library Viewer cross-browser.com
X - a cross-browser DHTML javascript library
- The Guided Wireframe Narrative for Rich Internet Applications - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design boxesandarrows.com · Archived on
Just as IA/UX/ID designers were settling into a comfortable working rhythm, the next step in the never-ending information architect’s challenge arrived: designing for rich internet applications (RIA).
- Juicy Studio: Making Ajax Work with Screen Readers juicystudio.com
The accessibility community is understandably concerned about the accessibility of client-side scripting, in particular using Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) to produce Rich Internet Applications.
- rest/ahah - Microformats microformats.org
AHAH is a very simple technique for dynamically updating web pages using JavaScript. It involves using XMLHTTPRequest to retrieve (X)HTML fragments which are then inserted directly into the web page, whence they can be styled using CSS
- jQuery: New Wave Javascript jquery.com
A new type of Javascript library. It is not a huge, bloated, framework promising the best in AJAX - nor is just a set of needlessly complex enhancements - jQuery is designed to change the way that you write Javascript.
- Google Web Toolkit - Build AJAX apps in the Java language code.google.com
A Java software development framework that makes writing AJAX applications like Google Maps and Gmail easy for developers who don't speak browser quirks as a second language.
a Ruby on Rails Subversion Browser [making] heavy use of “AJAX” technology to give it that live application-like feel.
"Using a Definiton List and the DOM to create a nice FAQ page where clicking on the DTs (the questions) "toggles" the associated DDs (the answers)."
- CakePHP : the rapid development php framework cakephp.org
"A rapid development framework for PHP which uses commonly known design patterns like ActiveRecord, Association Data Mapping, Front Controller and MVC. Our primary goal is to provide a structured framework that enables PHP users at all levels to rapidly d
- MODx Content Management System | Home modxcms.com
An open source PHP Application Framework
Ajax accessibility. I knew nothing about it, so I ran some user tests and presented original research.
"For all of the excitement and hype, still very little has been said on the subject of AJAX and accessibility.
"Although many of us web professionals just 'kinda know' that AJAX is bad for web accessibility, when pushed many would not be able to say exactly why or how certain screen readers cope with content that's been changed using AJAX (or using DOM Scripting m
A twist on the Lightbox technique
- Crazy Egg — Coming Soon… crazyegg.com
With Crazy Egg you can easily see where visitors are clicking on a page and where they're not.
A simple, unobtrusive script used to overlay images on the current page. It's a snap to setup and works on all modern browsers.
"It’s always seemed a bit wrong and dirty to use innerHTML to manipulate or add content to a page. It’s not a standard (more of an agreement between browser manufacturers) and it doesn’t work on some browsers with certain mime-types while the core p
- cl1p.net cl1p.net
With cl1p.net you can copy and paste between computers. Just enter in any URL that starts with http://cl1p.net and post. Then from any other computer enter the same URL and copy.
“Wireframing AJAX is a bitch.” [...] while I can’t deny the statement, I do think there are steps we can take to alleviate the pain."
- Manning Ajax in Action manning.com
- AjaxLibraries wiki.osafoundation.org
Survey of AJAX/JavaScript Libraries
- DOM Scripting: Hijax domscripting.com
Progressive enhancement automatically guarantees graceful degradation. I was concerned that developers who agreed with this principle when it came to CSS or DOM Scripting, cast it aside as soon as Ajax was involved.